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⏳ Jul 2016
Places: Two Medicine Road, Lower Two Medicine Lake, Running Eagle Falls & Nature Trail, Two Medicine Lake, Two Medicine Chalet, South Shore Trail, Twin Falls, Upper Two Medicine Lake, US Hwy 2, Middle Fork of the Flathead River, Goat Lick,
Wildlife & flora: Silky lupine, Blanketflower, Showy fleabane, Woods' rose, Northern sweetvetch, Blue flax, Yellow salsify, Sticky geranium, Bear grass, Black Cottonwood, Oxeye daisy, Deadly galerina, Indian poke, Pincushion moss, Threeleaf foamflower, Queen's cup, Yellow columbine, Wood forget-me-not, Common nettle-tap moth, White baneberry, Subalpine spiraea, Heartleaf bittercress, Sitka valerian,
Willow, Rhododendron menziesii, Brown-headed cowbird, Common goldeneye, Indian poke, Musk rose, Peach-leaved bellflower, Nemesia, Maiden pink, Osprey, Cedar waxwing, Columbian ground squirrel, American robin.
Glacier National Park - Two Medicine Road
Before Going-to-the-Sun Road was constructed, Two Medicine was a primary destination for travelers arriving by train. After spending a night at Glacier Park Lodge, visitors climbed on horseback to travel to Two Medicine for a night in one of several rustic chalets or canvas tipis built by the Great Northern Railway. From Two Medicine, a system of backcountry tent camps and chalets within the park allowed these adventurous visitors to live in Glacier's wild interior.
Backpackers and dayhikers find this area rich in scenery, providing those willing to travel by foot into the mountains with a true wilderness experience. Tenderfeet can also venture off the roads and into the wild with a casual boat tour on Two Medicine Lake.
Today, Two Medicine has become a somewhat off-the-beaten-path discovery for most park visitors. Once discovered however it's easy to see why many people consider this their favorite part of Glacier National Park. Amazing vistas, extensive trails, crashing waterfalls, and sparkling lakes await.
Silky lupine, Blanketflower
Showy fleabane
Woods' rose
Northern sweetvetch
Rising Wolf Mountain, Flinsch Peak, Appistoki Peak Ridgeline
Blue flax
Yellow salsify
Scenic Point
Rising Wolf Mountain
Lower Two Medicine Lake
Scenic Point and Mount Henry
Running Eagle Falls & Nature Trail
Scenic Point
Running Eagle Falls
Showy fleabane
Sticky geranium
Woods' rose
Bear grass
Black Cottonwood
Oxeye daisy
Two Medicine Lake
Squaw Mountain, Bearhead Mountain, Mount Ellsworth, Painted Tepee Peak, Sinopah Mountain, Rising Wolf Mountain
Appistoki Peak
Pumpelly Pillar (cone-shaped peak in the background)
Sinopah Mountain
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| Two Medicine Chalet |
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| Two Medicine Chalet |
Brown-headed cowbird
South Shore Trail
Sinopah Mountain
Indian poke
Bear grass
Deadly galerina
Pincushion moss
Threeleaf foamflower
Queen's cup
Yellow columbine
Wood forget-me-not and Common nettle-tap moth
White baneberry
Subalpine spiraea
Heartleaf bittercress
Sitka valerian
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| Twin Falls |
Willow
Rhododendron menziesii
Bear grass
Upper Two Medicine Lake
Common goldeneye
Mount Helen
Grizzly Mountain
Appistoki Peak
US Hwy 2
Middle Fork of the Flathead River
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| Goat Lick |
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| Goat Lick |
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| Goat Lick |
Musk rose
Peach-leaved bellflower
Nemesia
Maiden pink
Peach-leaved bellflower
Lake McDonald
Brown-headed cowbird
Osprey
Cedar waxwing
Columbian ground squirrel
American robin
Mount Vaught
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